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Thief’s mistake: stealing sunglasses instead of $1 million

When thief broke into the car of a married couple from Seattle, fortunately for them, he made a huge mistake by stealing ordinary sunglasses and leaving a million-dollar lottery ticket.

When thief broke into the car of a married couple from Seattle, fortunately for them, he made a huge mistake by stealing ordinary sunglasses and leaving a million-dollar lottery ticket.

The Seattle couple was fortunate to escape stealing of their winning lottery ticket, which they bought in February. However, even they haven’t been aware of such luck for a very long time. The ticket was bought in February but only in the mid-May after online check those people discovered that they appeared to be the jackpot holders.

The winning ticket was purchased from Iman’s in the 2000 block of NW Market Street in February

Occasionally they left the ticket for a $350 million jackpot drawing in their car, which was actually plundered. But the burglar decided to leave that useless sheet of paper and to take the sunglasses instead, which had been sitting just on the top of it, according to the Washington Lottery. The names of lucky couple haven’t been released yet.

However, those people stated that they celebrated their $1 million worth ticket together with a new millionaire status with a bottle of champagne. The couple said they already have plans to visit France or Iceland and renovate their house as well.